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What Members Thought
previously read Jan 2, 2011
May 16, 2010
Marla
rated it
it was ok
Shelves:
bad-books,
classics,
audiobook,
adult,
science-fiction,
book-about-books,
dystopia,
award-winner,
overrated,
zz-2014
Wow, I can't believe I picked back-to-back read by authors. Alice Sebold reading The Lovely Bones grew on me, Ray Bradbury is difficult to understand, he doesn't enunciate and this will be a struggle. Changed to audiobook read by Stephen Hoye and liking it better.
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* Firefighter Guy Montag with Helmet number 451
* Girl with questions and observations
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Thought I had written a review of this. It didn't age as well as I would have thought, primarily due to sexism. However the author's fear that we will turn into worshipers of the idiot box -- that came true. If you take into account when it was written, his distopian views are fascinating and frightening.
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Mar 06, 2014
Betty
marked it as to-read
Sep 15, 2014
Monica W.
marked it as to-read
